the.com/title fight
Two people agree to get hit on purpose to decide who's best at not getting hit.
means A championship bout in which the winner claims (or keeps) a title, like a world boxing or wrestling crown.
from Straightforward compound: 'title' from Latin 'titulus' (an inscription or label of status, borrowed into English via Old French), plus 'fight' from Old English 'feohtan.' The phrase emerged alongside organized boxing's belt-and-rank system, where bouts were literally fought over who got to hold the title — the word doing exactly what it says on the label.
- championship rounds
- 12 rounds instead of standard 10
- belt stakes
- loser often gets rematch clause anyway
- origin flex
- boxing's oldest marketing device, older than photography